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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`UMICORE AG & CO. KG
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`Petitioner
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`v.
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`BASF CORPORATION
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2015-01124
`Patent 8,404,203
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`DECLARATION OF K. PATRICK HERMAN IN SUPPORT OF MOTION
`FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(C)
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`Umicore AG & Co. KG
`Exhibit 1116
`Page 1 of 3
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`DECLARATION OF K. PATRICK HERMAN
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`I, K. Patrick Herman, declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of New York, as well as
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`the following Federal Courts:
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`United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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`2.
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`I have not been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court
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`or administrative body.
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`3.
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`I have not been denied admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`4.
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`I have never been sanctioned or cited for contempt by any court or
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`administrative body.
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`5.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in Part 42 of the C.F.R.
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`6.
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`I will be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and
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`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`7.
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`In the last three years, I have applied (and have been granted
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`permission) to appear pro hac vice before the Office in the following Inter Partes
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`review cases: IPR2013-00414, IPR2013-00415, IPR2013-00416, and IPR2013-
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`00417. I am simultaneously applying to appear pro hac vice in the following
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`Umicore AG & Co. KG
`Exhibit 1116
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`additional Inter Partes review cases: IPR2015-01121, IPR2015-01123, and
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`IPR2015-01125.
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`8.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the
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`proceeding. I have actively counseled and represented Umicore in connection with
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`the patent and prior art addressed in the Petition, and extensively assisted lead
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`counsel in preparation of the Petition and the arguments contained therein.
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`I declare that all statements made herein of my knowledge are true and that
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`all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true, and further
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`that these statements were made with knowledge that willful false statements and
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`the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under § 1001 of
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`Title 18 of the United States Code.
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`Date: 1/14/2016
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`/ K. Patrick Herman /
`K. Patrick Herman
`Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe LLP
`51 West 52nd Street
`New York, NY 10019
`Tel: 212-506-5000
`Fax. 212-506-5151
`Email: pherman@orrick.com
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`Umicore AG & Co. KG
`Exhibit 1116
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